which is fueling public anger police broke up protests in the hague over the weekend prime minister mark ritter is to to win another term. and another one is has become the latest country to suspend its rollout of the astra zeneca coated 19 vaccine well gary of denmark ireland and norway of stop giving the shot following reports of an increased risk of blood clots and astra zeneca and the world health organization insists there is no risk. thousands of people rallying in australian cities calling for an end to violence against women the march for justice movement is demanding a public investigation into sexual misconduct within australia as parliament follows a series of rape allegations against politicians and staffers. and there have been more demonstrations in london against violence toward women this time in front of the police headquarters anger has sparked or was sparked by the heavy handed police response to an earlier vigil in memory of sarah everard a police officer has been accused of kidnapping and killing the 33 year old after she disappeared while walking home at night. 10 years ag

vocals in a few hours time in the netherlands national election opinion polls suggest prime minister mark ritter center right party is on track to win by a large margin that's despite his entire cabinet resigning after a child care benefits scandal 2 months ago it's europe's 1st major vote since the start of the pandemic will be a test of the dutch government's policies well those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera women wake change is next. but i was in my mental everyone does you know most of you know what i was little i don't. know something i'm more than what can i have been. in the. let me show you something this is a $1.25 a where i live it will buy you a very small cup of coffee millions of people around the world exist on less than this amount a day of the numbers have gone down but there's still a lot of work to be done at a time when the world is looking at how to reduce extreme poverty the spotlight has been towed on the women wherever they have the opportunity to be actively involved in the local communities and economies the huge benefits to the people around them to local

in the netherlands prime minister mark ritter is almost certain to win a 4th term in office exit polls put his center right freedom and democracy party ahead with just under a quarter of the vote and then to form a coalition with at least 2 other parties. turkey's pro kurdish h.t.t.p. party is fighting for its political survival after a prosecutor asked the country's top court to shut it down party is accused of having ties to the p k k militant group h d p says the case is part of a long campaign to stifle opposition president into one's government. now a gunman accused of killing 8 people in the u.s. state of georgia has been charged with murder a 21 year old was arrested after a shooting spree at 3 massage parlors in the atlanta area most of the victims were women of asian descent suspect who is white claims that the attack was not racially motivated but rather the result of his quote sexual addiction attacks on asian americans have increased during the coronavirus and i think the killings have sent shock waves through the asian community. now for more on this i'm joined by politica

public anger police broke up and he locked down protests in the hague on the weekend prime minister mark ritter is tipped to win another term. spanish police have found 600 kilograms of cocaine in a nighttime raid in the capital madrid and 2 other cities officials also confiscated cash luxury vehicles and weapons 12 people were arrested including a lawyer who allegedly gave advice on how did launder the money from selling the drops. 10 years ago today the arab spring erupted in syria and people took to the streets with human hopes with high hopes rather for human rights and democracy but the regime of bashar al assad responded with a brutal crackdown triggering a war that has cost thousands of lives today we're shining a light on one of the most prominent figures of syria's pro-democracy movement human rights activist rozen as i today she was kidnapped by armed men in 2013 and her fate remains unresolved the investigative unit has been retracing her steps. my name is as. you heard this from the oscars thanks thanks when protests erupted across syria in march 28th level rights activists resident

government's safety policies opinion polls suggest that they center right party of prime minister mark ritter is on track to win by a large margin that's despite his entire cabinet resigning after a child care benefits scandal 2 months ago stopped reports from. as the netherlands prepares to go to the polls this week hundreds of people have been queuing for food handout it shows a growing divide in society after a decade of leadership by the center right government of mark. the ever smiling prime minister went to the palace in january to hand in the resignation of his cabinet on a bicycle and says i when you're old i grew up in poverty with lots of dept because the tax office accused us of fraud then we became poor. 11 year old is part of a campaign launched before the elections to raise awareness about the one in 13 dutch children living in poverty a mother was one of $26000.00 families who were wrongly accused by tax authorities of child care benefits fraud that sasha says she was forced to pay back nearly $120000.00 and lost her job her house and her marriage she suffered from 2 strokes an

mark ritter has proved that he is a political survivor he's been elected despite some criticism of his handling of the corona virus pandemic and 2 months ago he and his whole government resigned over a child benefit scandal but in the end dr voters chose continuity i gave him another chance. i'll just there a i'm still. i let's speak to step in who is also in amsterdam for so said what is the most significant outcome of these elections and what kind of government will the netherlands have going forward. yes what we can say and that's what also not reported has chosen for continuity despite the fact that the government of marketa was tainted by the serious scandals like the child care benefit scandal but the most surprising outcome of this election is the when of secret car the former u.n. diplomat who was actually challenged margaret to directly by saying we need new leadership in this country and i want to be the 1st female prime minister in this country and what it also means is that her party is much more euro e.u. friendly than the market as party is so it could mean that there wil